{"id":23725,"date":"2022-03-19T18:58:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T17:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=23725"},"modified":"2023-03-13T05:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T04:29:59","slug":"firefox-blockiert-f-secure-browser-protection-add-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2022\/03\/19\/firefox-blockiert-f-secure-browser-protection-add-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox blocks F-Secure Browser Protection Add-on"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mozilla\"<\/a>[German<\/a>]Brief information for users of the Firefox browser in Windows, who also have the F-Secure antivirus solution in use. Since March 18, 2022, the browser has blocked the F-Secure Browser Protection add-on in versions up to 4.0.52, allegedly for violating Mozilla's add-on guidelines.<\/p>\n

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A reader info<\/h2>\n

\"\"It was a short message from a German blog reader reader via Facebook that reached me today – I'm only now getting around to briefly rehashing it. The relevant text of the message was:<\/p>\n

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Do you know anything about Firefox rejecting the F-secure add-on? I have F-Secure on my laptop. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Click to zoom<\/p>\n

Included was the screenshot above showing the Firefox display. The user is informed that the Firefox browser add-on \"Browsing Protection by F-Secure\" has been disabled to protect the user. The reason given is that the add-on violates Mozilla's add-on policy. The Firefox browser then disables the add-on automatically. In the screenshot above, you can see that the disabling occurred on March 18, 2022 and is valid until version 4.0.52. From this I conclude that the add-on was accepted by Firefox before that date.<\/p>\n

Entries in the F-Secure forum<\/h2>\n

I did some quick research and found what I was looking for in the F-Secure forums, for example in this thread<\/a>. With date March 18, 2022, another user reports that the Firefox browser add-on \"Browsing Protection by F-Secure\" has been disabled:<\/p>\n

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Mozilla Firefox blocking Browsing Protection by F-Secure addon<\/p>\n

I had the F-Secure addon (version 3.0.27) installed and today Mozilla blocked and disabled it, stating: <\/p>\n

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\"Browsing Protection by F-Secure has been blocked for your protection. <\/p>\n

Why was it blocked?<\/h4>\n

This add-on violates Mozilla's Add-on Policies. <\/p>\n

This add-on violates Mozilla's add-on policies by executing remote code and insufficient user data handling and protections. <\/p>\n

What does this mean?<\/h4>\n

The problematic add-on or plugin will be automatically disabled and no longer usable. <\/p>\n

When Mozilla becomes aware of add-ons, plugins, or other third-party software that seriously compromises Firefox security, stability, or performance and meets certain criteria, the software may be blocked from general use. For more information, please read this support article. <\/p>\n

Versions blocked: 0 to 4.0.52. <\/p>\n

Blocked on Mar 18, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Firefox <\/p>\n

In the thread there are confirmations of further affected persons – further hits are here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>. And it doesn't seem to have been the first occurrence (here's<\/a> an entry from 2021).  <\/p>\n

F-Secure is aware of the issue<\/h2>\n

In the meantime, an F-Secure moderator has written in the forum<\/a> that the problem is known. They are working with Mozilla to find a solution: <\/p>\n

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Hi @mrxfsec @needsomeusername @radetzky @ruudvl @MagDux @Ronnie74 @Beecee @Flockle <\/p>\n

We are aware of this issue on the Windows version of our consumer and corporate EPP products. <\/p>\n

We are currently working with Mozilla to solve this issue. Meanwhile, we recommend that you use either Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browser <\/strong>until the issue has been fixed. <\/p>\n

We already published a KB article about this issue and you can read more here<\/a>  <\/p>\n

You can subscribe to our Status page<\/a> to get notified on incident reports and when they get resolved. <\/p>\n

Thanks for your patience and understanding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The KB article<\/a> states that the problem with Firefox occurs only on Windows when using the following F-Secure products: <\/p>\n